Benefits

Many patients are able to recover from laparoscopic in a fraction of the time that open procedures require. In fact, some return to work in little more than a week, and many are able to speed up their weight loss and quickly return to physical activity. Patients will have very small scars. There is also a lower chance of wound complications such as infection and hernia.

Benefits of minimally invasive or laparoscopic procedures are:

* less post operative discomfort since the incisions are much smaller
* quicker recovery times
* shorter hospital stays
* earlier return to full activities
* much smaller scars
* there may be less internal scarring when the procedures are performed in a minimally invasive fashion compared to standard open surgery